During partition of India in 1947 the future of Gurdaspur could not be decided for many days. As majority of population of this district was Muslim. Radcliff Awards of Boundary transferred only Shakargarh Tehsil Of Gurdaspur district to Pakistan, and the rest of the district was transferred to India. Muslim population of the district migrated to Pakistan and refugees, the Hindus and the Sikhs of Sialkot and Tehsil Shakargarh migrated to Gurdaspur after crossing the Ravi bridge. They settled and spread in Gurdaspur district.

- http://gurdaspur.nic.in/html/ddmsgsp.pdf